For the second consecutive month, the U.S. unemployment rate has remained essentially unchanged at 5.5 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But as usual, the rate for African Americans remains high—nearly double the national rate at 10.2 percent, up from 9.6 percent in April.
Author Archives: Cynthia E. Griffin
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Exit Exam could be suspended
The California State Senate voted recently to temporarily suspend the administration of the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) and now the legislation moves to the Assembly for its consideration.
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Looking for spirit in the rhythm
June is Black Music Month, and there is no time better suited to understand and explore the evolution of the distinctive ways folks of African descent have used to create this lyrical language.
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Results upcoming for California standardized testing
This summer, parents of students in grades 3 through 8 and grade 11 will receive the results of the new standardized test taken by youngsters in the state called the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress–or CAASPP.
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State of Black education report to be released today
The Campaign for College Opportunity today will release its “The State of Higher Education in California: Black Report,” which examines how the state’s 2.16 million Black residents (6 percent of California’s population) are faring in higher education compared with other racial/ethnic groups.
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New challenges highlight old problems six decades after ‘Brown’
In 1954, the United States Supreme Court made a decision that would have a profound impact on American public school education.
In a culmination of years of legal groundwork laid by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to end segregation, the high court in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, handed down on May 17, 1954, a unanimous (9-0) decision which stated that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.”
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Dorsey named ‘Green Achiever’ school by the state board
Dorsey High School was recently nominated by the California Department of Education as one of five Green Achiever schools or districts.
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African American grad rates remain flat
While the graduation rates of most student groups in the state rose in 2014, the numbers for African American pupils stayed flat, at 68.1 percent, unchanged from the year before.
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Actvists push for vote on Loretta Lynch
Supporters of New York’s Loretta Lynch, who was nominated November 8, 2014, by President Barack Obama to replace Eric Holder as Attorney General are trying to pressure Congressional Republicans to hold confirmation hearings in the full Senate.
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Treading the boards
The aim for organizers of the L.A. Youth Theatre Festival happening through April 19 in Leimert Park Village at the Vision Theatre and surrounding theaters is simple; they want to develop in young people ages 13-30 an appreciation for live theater as well as an understanding that they can participate in all aspects of the art form from acting to writing a screen play.
